Heyday (song)

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"Heyday"
Heyday-Mic Chrstopher Cover (2004 re-release).jpg
Single by Mic Christopher
from the album Skylarkin' (Mic Christopher album)
ReleasedOctober 2000
RecordedMay 2000
Genre Rock
Length3:53
Label Loza Records
Songwriter(s) Mic Christopher

"Heyday" is a song by Irish-American rock singer, Mic Christopher, released in October 2000 as the title track from his first solo EP 'Heyday'. It was written by Christopher. It was re-released on January 23 2004. [1] In 2002, it was featured in Skylarkin', Christopher's first and only solo album. It was later released after his death in November 2001.

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Christopher performed "Heyday" on Ireland AM on TV3 on 22 February 2001. [2]

The song peaked at 11 in the Irish Charts after Heyday EP was re-released on 23 January 2004. [3]

Guinness television advert

The song gained fame in December 2003 after it appeared on the Guinness advert Quarrel, starring Michael Fassbender. “Music is obviously an important part of advertising and particularly Guinness advertising,” “The idea to pick ‘Heyday’ was down to Nick(Kelly) who used to be the lead singer in The Fat Lady Sings and has a huge breadth of knowledge of the Irish music industry and music in general. The reason he picked ‘Heyday’ was that he wanted something that was emotional but not downbeat. The second thing was that he wanted a rhythm from the start, so from the very start of the ad you have motion.” -Damian Devaney of Guinness Michael Fassbender also appears in the music video [4]

Re-release

The single was re-released on January 23 2004 as a result of the Guinness advert released a month earlier. [5]

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References

  1. "Irish Music Central - Mic Christopher - Discography - Singles & EP's". www.irishmusiccentral.com.
  2. "TV3 Mic Christopher Interview" via www.youtube.com.
  3. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie.
  4. Sweeney, Eamon. "A New Heyday For Mic Christopher". Hotpress.
  5. Newsdesk, The Hot Press. "Mic Christopher single to be re-released on the back of Guinness ad". Hotpress.